Thursday, October 30, 2014

Maingear goes beastly with their new X-Cube gaming mini-PC

Some say , good things come in small packages , that term might be true because Maingear - a gaming PC manufacturer has unveiled a mini gaming cube that has more power than most gaming laptops . Introducing the new Maingear X-Cube , the mini pc , which has dimensions measuring 12.5 x 10 x 15.5 inches is not as tiny as the Gigabyte BRIX cube , but the system , which has a 3Ghz Intel Core i7 5960x slim core processor and support for upto 64GB or Crossair's Dominator DDR3 Ram and you have the option of getting a desktop class GTX980 (not the M) or a AMD Radeon R9 290x according to your budget and taste.The system supports upto 3 SSD or HDD's (storage is a separate addon , like RAM) and if you dont like the pre-installed Windows 8.1 , you can pay a extra $55 and get the old -but -gold Windows 7 OS . The cube features 4 USB 3.0 Ports ,6 USB 2.0 ports and a Ethernet port on the rear , and of course , you will get two USB 3.0 ports in the front along with a audio out jack , the system also has Bluetooth 4.0 and /wifi 802.11 ac built in , all in all , the maingear X-Cube system is really worth the $799 , and considering that most other mini-pc's in the same class offer inferior hardware for more , the X-Cube feels a bit of a bargain